About his birth, there is no confirmed information. Most think he was born about 1860, and some think it was in
Córdoba, but all that may as well be mere invention.
In any case, he studied voice at the Madrid conservatory with baritone Napoleón Bergés, and was originally an
opera tenor. He sang for instance in Córdoba, at the Teatro Real in Madrid (Elvino and Almaviva, season 1901/02) or in
Oviedo (Rodolfo, Elvino and Duca in 1902).
From 1905/06, when he was a member of the itinerant Gorgé company, he dedicated himself exclusively to zarzuela, and
sang with all the leading companies in that genre. His signature works were Marina, Moros y cristianos, El
anillo de hierro, El dúo de La africana and La tempestad.
He died in Córdoba in 1922.
Reference 1, reference 2: Forgotten Opera Singers, reference 3
I would like to thank Ashot Arakelyan for the recordings (La Dolores, Bohemios).